Manicuring cuticle point



M r 1932- H. J. STEVENSON ET AL 1,849,697

HANICURING CUTICLE POINT Filed April 2, 1930 Inventors Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HARVEY J. STEVENSON AND MERRILL KESSLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AS-

SIGNORS TO NATIONAL MANICURING MACHINE 00., OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE MANICUBING CUTICLE POINT Application filed April 2,

Our invention relates to manicuring cuticle points, and it has among its salient objects to provide an improved conical point with a shank portion for attaching it to a drive shaft within a conical bearing member of uniform conical shape with said shank portion, whereby said shank portion and said conical hearing member are of uniform taper, terminating in a neck portion which tapers outwardly in a gradual manner to form the larger portion of the conical point, the conical point portion thereof being provided with a roughened surface adapted to hold cotton thereupon.

In our pending application, Serial No. 317,276, we have shown a conical point, the rear or larger end of which is rather abrupt, forming a rounded shoulder of such abruptness that it is difficult to slip the cotton therefrom when it is desired to replace said cotton with fresh cotton. In this improved form of our invention we have discovered that by providing a gradual taper from the smaller or neck portion immediately in the rear of the conical point it is possible, in applying cotton thereto, to depress it into said smaller or neck portion, thus drawing it away from the joint between the shank and the tapered bearing member, and at the same time making it possible to easily slip the cotton forward over the more gradual tapered portion at the rear of the conical point, thus saving time in removing the cotton from the point.

In order to more fully explain our invention, we have illustrated the same on the accompanying sheet of drawing, in which the figure is a side elevation of our improved conical point, showing a conical bearing member, partly in section,'and also indicating in light broken lines how the cotton is applied to the conical point.

In the drawing, the shank portion of our conical point is designated 2, with attaching means 3 for securing it to a drive shank 4, within a conical bearing member 5, of uniform taper with said shank 2. Said tapered shank merges in a neck portion 6, which gradually tapers, as at 7, into the larger end of the conical point 8.

In this form of the invention we have 1930. Serial No. 441,059.

shown the conical point provided with spiral means for gripping, holding, and turning the cotton applied thereto, designated C, and indicated in light broken lines. As the cotton is applied to the point, the point is turning, and the cotton is entwined around the point, and as it is pressed into the neck portion 6, between the thumb and finger of the operator, it will be understood that it is drawn away from the joint 9, between the tapered shank and the tapered bearing member 5, thus preventing cotton from becoming entangled in the joint.

It will be apparent, also, that the uniform taper at 7, between the neck or small portion of the shank, and the larger portion of the point, makes it possible for this cotton to be pulled over the larger end of the conical point, and thus easily and quickly removed therefrom, which is a time saver in replacing the cotton upon the conical point, and. makes it possible to pull the cotton therefrom in a body, without pulling it to pieces, as is necessary where there is an abrupt shoulder between the conical point and the shank.

We do not limit our invention to the exact details shown for descriptive purposes, except as we may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

We claim:

1. A manicuring cuticle point comprising a neck portion with a tapering shank, having means for connecting it to a drive shaft, and tapering gradually to an increased diameter at its other end, and thence to a point, said point being roughened to grip a wrapping of soft material.

2. A manicuring conical point of the character referred to, and consisting of an integral body having a small neck portion, with means for attaching it to a drive shaft at one end, and at its other end tapering gradually to an enlarged diameter, and thence to a point, with means thereon for holding a wrapping of cotton, the taper between said point and said neck port on being such that said wrapping can be pulled over the larger portion of said point.

3. A conical cuticle point, consisting of an integral body formed with a small neck portion, and tapering gradually in opposite directions to an increased diameter, one end being provided with means for attaching it to a drive shaft, and the other end tapering 5 to a point and provided with spiral holding means formed thereon for holding a Wrapping of cotton or the like.

Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, this 28th day of March,

HARVEY J. STEVENSON. MERRILL KESSLER. 

